~ Double Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies ~

Saturday, August 28, 2010

I bought dried sour cherries last week, absolutely delightful combination of sour and sweet.Yum. I picked the biggest container on the shelf, very good choice indeed, I already ate a good third of them, just snacking. Don't tell anyone, okay?

Some of my favorite flavors are combined in these cookies. Original recipe is from EPICURIOUS, I made several changes and I'm quite happy how these turned out.

CHOCOLATE ~ CHERRY ~ COCONUT

RECIPE

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Scant 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

3 1/2 oz fine-quality milk chocolate, cut into 1/2-inch chunks or you can also use chocolate chips

1cup shredded sweetened coconut

1 cup dried sour cherries

changes I made :
Whole Wheat Pastry flour for All purpose flour
Coconut for nuts

Preheat oven to 375° F

Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.

Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, then add eggs 1 at a time, beating until combined well. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Add chocolate chunks,coconut, and cherries and mix until just incorporated.

Using a small cookie scoop drop one full scoop onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper, approximately 2 inches apart between cookies.

With dampened fingers, flatten cookies slightly.

Bake at 385F, rotating sheets in halfway through baking, until puffed and set, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

Royal Icing Butterflies these "royal" butterflies won't fly away they'll get eaten in less than a day piped to make them...

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